Onward, Christian Panderers

By Ted Rall

10/18/07 "ICH' -- -- WASHINGTON--A poll finds that 55 percent of Americans
think the U.S. was created as a Christian theocracy. "The strong support for
official recognition of the majority faith appears to be grounded in a
belief that the United States was founded as a Christian nation, in spite of
the fact that the Constitution nowhere mentions God or Christianity," says
Charles Haynes of the First Amendment Center.

Sadly, these morons are allowed to vote. Tragically, one of them is a major
presidential candidate. "The Constitution established the United States of
America as a Christian nation," John McCain recently told an interviewer.

Here's an offer that an erstwhile front-running shoe-in, now low on cash,
ought not to refuse. Senator McCain: If you can show me where the
Constitution makes us a Christian nation, I'll donate $10,000 to your
campaign. If you can't, please explain why we should trust your presidential
oath to preserve, protect and defend a document you haven't read.

Lest you think McCain's comment was an isolated brainfart, check out his
pandering morsel from the same interview: "We were founded as a nation on
Judeo-Christian principles. There's very little debate about that."

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